Improvement in harrows and cultivators



' /tll fitte :the same however the head may be JAMESII.v 2IAFQUE'SS, or COMMERCE, MISSISSIPPI.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettere Patent and making part of the same.

I, JAMES-F. J AQUEsS,'of Commerce, in the county of 'lnniea and State of Mississippi, have invented a' certain Improvement on the. usefulAgricultural Implements--the Harroivand Cn'ltivator.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

My invention consists in a center-draft detached head for harrows and cultivators of all sizes and dimensions, the object of which improvement is to greatly increase theeciency and usefulness of these implements ot' husbandry, as hereafter illustrated.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing mul othe Explanations. The drawing is intended to represent a harrow or cnltivator ofthe most approved form .or construction, of two parts or wings, heldA togetherl by two sets of hinges.

General -Desoript'imn The center-draft detached head is formed vby cntting off one of the middle pieces or timbers :c and y, say :c at the point c,.just back of the bolt a', making the aperture or incision c c. The part fu, separated frornthe center piece x, is fastened firmly to the front end of the other center piece y by the boltsva and a', Or the' head-may b'e formed by a simple enlargement of the front end of one of tle middle pieces' :c and y-for example aj-the enlargement' extending backtoward the piece x, but not touchingI it,lleaving the opening Vc e, as in the other case. The principle is formed, and the same'principle is retained in the detachment; and the Y draft is established and retained in the center of mo-` tion, and the wings or two divisions ofthe implement are held together by the hinges d and d. By this arrangement and combination the wings s have a free and unobstructed motion up and down, and thus the harrow or cultivator most readily and promptly accommodates itself to the surface ofthe ground.

It is not claimed in4 this application for Letters Patent that the particular form or general construction of; the implement described and represented in the drawing contains or embraces anything` novel or-pat entable; but itis believed and claimed that the detachment, witlrthe draft still retained on a line with the center of motion,'is new, important,'and useful,

and that it is this principle or combination that con- Y.

stitutes the superiority of implements thus construeted with this improvement over all that have preceded them. l.

I ask, therefore, that this principle and constructionbe embraced and incorporated into Letters Patent to lne on an improvement on harrowsandcnltivators? I, J AMES F. J noonnss, claim vas my invention- The above-described centerdraft detached head for the barrow and cultivator, without any reference to the particular form or model `after which the body orparts of the implementmay be constructed.

JAMES F. JAQUESS. Y

`Witnesses THOMAS C.' GoNNoLLY,

" G. E. F. HOLMEAJJ. 

